Hunterdon County’s Freeholder Board, at its August 18th meeting, approved an agreement with the state that provides $226,177 in federal CARES Act funds that partially reimburses the County for pandemic health and emergency expenditures, as well as potential funding for expanded COVID-19 testing.
Following significant pressure since April from the twelve New Jersey counties, including Hunterdon County, which were left out of the federal CARES Act funding due to having less than 500,000 population, Governor Phil Murphy, on August 20th, announced the distribution of $37 million in funding those twelve New Jersey counties.
Freeholder Board Deputy Director Sue Soloway stated, “The funding announced by the Governor August 20th comes from the money provided to New Jersey by the federal CARES Act that was signed into law by President Donald Trump in March. The grant helps the County with emergency response costs that are not expected to be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA).”
